Sort Tetris

Sort Tetris is an educational falling-blocks style game designed to provide practice sorting things into categories. It can be adapted to sort any short textual or small visual items into 2-5 categories. Examples include:

Animals: Amphibian, Bird, Fish, Mammal, Reptile

Bibliographic Entries: Article, Book, Book Chapter

Instruments: Brass, Percussion, Strings, Woodwind

U.S. Presidents: Democrat, Republican

Playing the Game: Sortable items will fall down the page. Select the approriate category from the green buttons to the right of the game. Correct answers will disappear; incorrect answers will fall to the bottom of the screen. The game will speed up as you answer more items correctly.

For Supervisors and Teachers: If you would like your employees or students to play Sort Tetris, they can play as guests or you can register as a supervisor. Registered supervisors will be able to track the progress of users who identify their institutional affiliation using the green "Playing for Work/School" pulldown. Registered supervisors can log in here.